How USA & Israel put drug cartel-linked puppet in power in Colombia

Colombia's former President Gustavo Petro formally accused the USA and Israel of meddling in his country's election to put in power new far-right leader Abelardo de la Espriella, a US citizen and Trump ally who worked as a lawyer for years in Miami, Florida, defending drug traffickers. Ben Norton explains.

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0:00 US & Israeli meddling in Colombian election

2:34 US-backed coups in Latin America

4:23 Abelardo de la Espriella, US citizen

6:36 De la Espriella defended drug traffickers

8:19 US govt supports drug traffickers

11:17 De la Espriella's business interests

12:14 De la Espriella's botox scandals

13:40 Far-right paramilitaries in Colombia